I am dumb
Not that I haven't been meaning to... [not that anyone reads this? at least, I'm not operating under that assumption - it's all just words in the blogosphere]
I am maybe getting myself in over my head. I guess my problem is that since I've come to Olin I've become a much more passionate and involved person. The downside to this is that I've become a much more passionate and involved person. I mean, I think I've become a better version of myself, but I really should go back to the being able to say no and have impulse control. Or maybe I'm just looking for my limits, I don't really know what the hell I'm doing.
The short answer is certainly that it's too good to pass up. It's mostly true; I like my classes and think that the material in them is important, but at this point I feel like the main reason I'm not dropping one of them is to prove that I can pull off doing 22 credits across 7 classes [that's only supposed to be 66 hours a week, right?].
But then on top of that is the whole "omg what is Olin doing with itself?" question, and all of this overly meta stuff ["we don't have a mission!" is a big one, "we treat awesome people not-so-great!" is another] that yes is important, and I do care about it, but I don't really feel like I can make changes and fix things. The best I've been doing is hammering on Admissions, since at least I know for sure that that helps. Who we get to apply affects who we admit affects who ends up being an Olin student, and the student body is the group of people that can do stupid things and get away with it [unlike everyone else]. And so of course now we are rewriting Candidate's Weekend, which is both excellent and terrifying, and oh god I do not have time for this, and the faculty are helpful but not helpful and now I have to go fix all those burnt down bridges, and really, WHY?
Tank is stressed out, which means I can't be breaky at her either. Why didn't I get a friend to break at sooner than this, anyway? [and why do I only have one; they're incredibly useful]
I am maybe getting myself in over my head. I guess my problem is that since I've come to Olin I've become a much more passionate and involved person. The downside to this is that I've become a much more passionate and involved person. I mean, I think I've become a better version of myself, but I really should go back to the being able to say no and have impulse control. Or maybe I'm just looking for my limits, I don't really know what the hell I'm doing.
The short answer is certainly that it's too good to pass up. It's mostly true; I like my classes and think that the material in them is important, but at this point I feel like the main reason I'm not dropping one of them is to prove that I can pull off doing 22 credits across 7 classes [that's only supposed to be 66 hours a week, right?].
But then on top of that is the whole "omg what is Olin doing with itself?" question, and all of this overly meta stuff ["we don't have a mission!" is a big one, "we treat awesome people not-so-great!" is another] that yes is important, and I do care about it, but I don't really feel like I can make changes and fix things. The best I've been doing is hammering on Admissions, since at least I know for sure that that helps. Who we get to apply affects who we admit affects who ends up being an Olin student, and the student body is the group of people that can do stupid things and get away with it [unlike everyone else]. And so of course now we are rewriting Candidate's Weekend, which is both excellent and terrifying, and oh god I do not have time for this, and the faculty are helpful but not helpful and now I have to go fix all those burnt down bridges, and really, WHY?
Tank is stressed out, which means I can't be breaky at her either. Why didn't I get a friend to break at sooner than this, anyway? [and why do I only have one; they're incredibly useful]